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big brahma · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 6:57 am Post subject: where to buy potatoes by the bag

Does anyone know where to buy a sack of potatoes in the Fraserburgh, banff, mintlaw area? I used to get lovely spuds from a little shop on the fraserburgh to inverness road, just beyond the pitsligo turn-off but they seem to be closed down now.

Smooth Hound · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:15 am Post subject:

are you sure theyve closed

big brahma · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 9:25 am Post subject:

I have been twice during what is their advertised opening hours and the gate has been locked up. There is also a for sale sign up

Sassinak · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 9:46 am Post subject:

There is Longley's Farm shop in Maud. They do various types
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Smooth Hound · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 9:59 am Post subject:

myra · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:03 pm Post subject:

if you get stuck, Eastside in Banff sell sacks of potatoes which they buy from a local farmer, not sure of type or price. Sometimes Twatts at Cushnie sell them by the bag but not all the time.

lachlanandmarcus · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:25 pm Post subject:

I cant believe that there really is a place called Twatts of Cushnie

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myra · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject:

promise you there is, they are big potato people, must admit I was a bit surprised when I first saw their sign but thought that was just the southerner in me coming out. They sometimes bag them for sale to the public but sell mainly in bulk.

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Smooth Hound · Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 7:07 pm Post subject:

twatt is the name, the farm is easter cushnie, if i remember rightly they originate from orkney, twatt hall, that area, i would imagine by the ame that before that they were french, but im only guessing, it is mostly seed potatoes they grow though